§ 7-5-504. Machine specifications
No make of voting machine shall be approved for use unless it is so constructed that: (1) It will ensure secrecy to the voter in the act of voting; (2) It shall provide the capacity for voting for or against as many questions as may be submitted; (3) It shall permit the voter to vote […]
§ 7-5-507. Demonstration — Assistance in operating machine
(a) (1) The manufacturer shall demonstrate the machine to the county election officials prior to the first election at which the machines are placed in use. (2) The date for the demonstration shall be agreed upon by the vendor and the county board of election commissioners. (b) On the date of the first election at […]
§ 7-5-509. Machines used for demonstration
(a) (1) The county board of election commissioners may designate suitable times and places where voting machines shall be exhibited for the purpose of giving instructions in their use to all voters who apply for instruction. (2) Public notice of the times and places where voting machines will be exhibited shall be given at least […]
§ 7-5-510. Forms for complaints about function of voting machine — Investigation
(a) At each polling place at which voting machines are used, the county board of election commissioners shall provide forms that voters may use for complaints about the function of a voting machine. The complaint form shall include space for the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the person making the […]
§ 7-5-512. Certification of ballot styles — Equipment furnished to polling sites
(a) It shall be the duty of the county board of election commissioners to prepare and certify the ballot styles for the voting machine. (b) In addition, the county board of election commissioners shall furnish any election materials and supplies as may be necessary or as may be required by law. (c) The voting machine […]
§ 7-5-513. Machine breakdown — Delivery of ballot materials
The county board of election commissioners in any county in which voting machines are to be used shall be ready at any time on election day to deliver ballots, ballot boxes, replacement voting machines, if available, or other necessary equipment required by law for voting to any precinct in the county, town, or city upon […]
§ 7-5-515. Preparation of machines for election — Logic and accuracy testing and public testing
(a) Immediately upon the proper certification of candidates and questions, the county board of election commissioners shall oversee programming of the election, proof the ballots, prepare the voting machines, and test and adjust the voting machines for the election. (b) In performing these functions, the county board of election commissioners may be assisted by experts […]
§ 7-5-516. Notice to candidates of preparation — Rules and statutes unaffected
Before the county board of election commissioners begins the preparation of the machines for any election, it shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county stating: (1) The time and place the machines will be prepared for the election; and (2) A time at which one (1) representative of each […]
§ 7-5-517. Securing machines — Certification
(a) When a voting machine has been properly prepared by the county board of election commissioners and examined by the representatives of the candidates or the candidate himself or herself, it shall be made inaccessible to voting. (b) (1) Any device required to activate the machine shall be placed in a package on which shall […]
§ 7-5-518. Machines inactivated until polls open — Adjustment of counters
(a) The voting machine shall remain inactivated against voting until the polls are formally opened and shall not be operated except by voters for voting. (b) If any counter is found not to register zero (000), the poll workers shall immediately notify the county board of election commissioners, who shall cause the counters to be […]